The beginnings of the Taco Tickler

The steering setup is truly unique.

Once upon a time when life was simple and the people were nicer, we had a ultra cool era of race cars right in front of us. From front engine dragsters to altered wheel base door cars, they had way more personality than the current day. It seems as if the racers were putting their heart and soul into making the racing effort successful without the modern day mega sponsors and the names that adorned the sheet metal of their rides. The names were a reflection of the drivers personality and where they come from which makes them as popular today as they were 40 years ago.

Stop over at the Jalopy Journal and check out all the vintage action.

What’s in the name? Well in this current case of a new front engine dragster being out together it is simply a case of the obvious. The “Taco Tickler”, I am not going to have to go into detail for you to understand where these guys are coming from when they name their current project but the name rightfully fits. The Dakota Kid over on the Jalopy Journal is responsible for this one-of-a-kind ride that is being outfitted with a period-correct flat head V8 engine.  The steering setup looks quite odd but as it would have been in a time where you did not have a mass of aftermarket availability you made things work. The steering comes from a old sprint car with the steering box mounted right on the column. While the project is still a ways from completion we will keep up to date on it and try and bring you the completion of it.

This brings us to the point where we would love to know what type of vintage racer our viewers would build and what would you name it?